Diahann Carroll

Known for ActingBorn 1935-07-17Died 2019-10-04Bronx, New York, USA

Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of an interracial diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty. Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1974 film Claudine. She was also a breast cancer survivor and activist.Read more

Movies & web series

Light Girls

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

The Court

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

The Big Show

Whoopi

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

White Collar

Half & Half

Grey's Anatomy

Reading Rainbow

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

The Judy Garland Show

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

The Julie Andrews Hour

Not Only... But Also

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Wonderful World of Disney

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Strong Medicine

The Carol Burnett Show

Sister, Sister

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Roots: The Next Generations

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Sidney

The Five Heartbeats

Soul Food

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Legend of Tarzan

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

A Different World

Sing Your Song

DuPont Show of the Month

The Red Skelton Show

The Sonny and Cher Show

Murder in Black and White

Jackie's Back!

Claudine

Color Adjustment

The Courage to Love